Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services worldwide. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional, Global Energy, and Other segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions primarily to industrial customers within the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, and commercial laundry. The Global Institutional segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, government, education, and retail industries. The Global Energy segment offers the process chemicals and water treatment needs of the petroleum and petrochemical industries in upstream and downstream applications under the Nalco Champion name. This segment also provides additives for drilling and well stimulation, corrosion inhibitors, oil and water separation, scale control, paraffin and asphaltene control, biocides, hydrate control, hydrogen sulfide removal, oil dispersants, foamers and anti-foamers, flow improvers, anti-foulants, crude desalting, monomer inhibitors, anti-oxidants, fuel and lubricant additives, and water treatment. The Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers. This segment also produces and sells colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries. Ecolab Inc. sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Ecolab's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Ecolab's stock was trading at $186.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ECL stock has increased by 23.0% and is now trading at $229.56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Ecolab?

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecolab in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Ecolab.

When is Ecolab's next earnings date?

How were Ecolab's earnings last quarter?

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The basic materials company reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.07. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.49 billion. Ecolab had a return on equity of 20.12% and a net margin of 10.32%. The business's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.03 EPS. View Ecolab's earnings history.

How often does Ecolab pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Ecolab?

Ecolab announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. View Ecolab's dividend history.

What guidance has Ecolab issued on next quarter's earnings?

Ecolab updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.05-1.13 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.09.

What price target have analysts set for ECL?

16 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Ecolab's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $230.00. On average, they expect Ecolab's share price to reach $186.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.6%. View analysts' price targets for Ecolab.

Has Ecolab been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media headlines about ECL stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ecolab earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutEcolab.

Are investors shorting Ecolab?

Ecolab saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the April 15th total of 3,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ecolab's Current Options Chain.

Which institutional investors are buying Ecolab stock?

ECL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Wellington Management Group LLP, Girard Partners LTD., Morgan Stanley, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Ecolab stock in the last two years include Catelan Leanne, and David Maclennan. View insider buying and selling activity for Ecolab.

How do I buy shares of Ecolab?

Shares of ECL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Ecolab's stock price today?

One share of ECL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $229.56.

How big of a company is Ecolab?

Ecolab has a market capitalization of $66.39 billion and generates $14.91 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.56 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.82 on an earnings per share basis. Ecolab employs 50,200 workers across the globe.